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    Missing sli option after new driver install 352.86

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by chewbakaats58, May 21, 2015.

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    chewbakaats58 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have sli gtx580m..but after doing the install of new driver, the option is no longer there to enable sli. Any suggestions?
     
    chewbakaats58, May 21, 2015
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    Herro? Does anyone visit these forums anymore, or is the alienware community dead after their latest release of laptops?
     
    chewbakaats58, May 21, 2015
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    The latest nVIDIA Driver is garbage, decreased my performance by 50%!!! There's a long thread about it here ....... uninstall it using Display Driver Uninstaller FTW
     
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    Update: Well, it wasn't a driver update that had killed my sli option in the settings..it had physically gotten disconnected on one end..doh!

    Anyways, thanks for all the help guys.
     
    chewbakaats58, Jul 27, 2015
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